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by St. Ives Productions
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eye 282,335

favorite 98

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Bunker Hill, LA - "waiting to be leveled, to make way for a new world of concrete steel and glass" Shows old homes on Bunker Hill, destruction and reconstruction
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by U.S. Office of War Information
movies

eye 363,043

favorite 167

comment 25

U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens.
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Topics: World War II: Japanese Americans: Internment, Racism, Human rights
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by Archer Productions, Inc.
movies

eye 819,324

favorite 798

comment 74

Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Animation
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movies

eye 49,835

favorite 110

comment 6

To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
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by MPO Productions
movies

eye 251,693

favorite 938

comment 30

Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 30 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Gender roles
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

eye 98,240

favorite 312

comment 15

Sales training film for duPont Film Division (cellophane), featuring an angel and devil monitoring the activities of bakery salesmen on earth, and explaining how packaging helps to sell food. In Kodachrome.
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Topics: Sales: Training, Heaven and hell, Food industry
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by Unknown
movies

eye 138,561

favorite 396

comment 5

Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
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Topics: Amateur films, Agriculture: Farms and farming, Rural America
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies

eye 488,552

favorite 478

comment 41

This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
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Topics: Cold War, Animation: Advertising, Capitalism
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movies

eye 82,608

favorite 137

comment 6

Animated.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
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by Warner Pathé News
movies

eye 47,665

favorite 58

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Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: Newsreels
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by Simmel-Meservey
movies

eye 145,960

favorite 200

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Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a premium on pleasant, unemotional behavior, and contains some interesting do's and don'ts sequences. Key line: "These boys treat their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed him..." Director: Edward C. Simmel. Cinematography: Harry F. Burrell. Script: Arthur V. Jones. Editor: Miriam Bucher. With...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Families
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by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies

eye 95,519

favorite 242

comment 11

Corporate Cold War-era cartoon linking Bill of Rights to free-enterprise ideology.
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Topics: Cold War, Capitalism, Animation: Advertising
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by U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration
movies

eye 109,465

favorite 141

comment 18

Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.
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Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
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by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

eye 47,020

favorite 53

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Well-behaved San Francisco teenagers compete in the Mobilgas "Safety Economy Run," driving their cars around the Bay Area under the supervision of experienced racing drivers. Go to Part I
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Car culture: Youth, Hot rods, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
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eye 121,822

favorite 134

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1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/index1.html. This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who...
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Topics: World's Fairs, technology, capitalism, communism, time capsules
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by Unknown
movies

eye 50,868

favorite 63

comment 3

Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Meat: Production, Transportation: Railroad, Agriculture: Food industry
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by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

eye 53,864

favorite 43

comment 7

Well-behaved San Francisco teenagers compete in the Mobilgas "Safety Economy Run," driving their cars around the Bay Area under the supervision of experienced racing drivers. Go to Part II
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Car culture: Youth, Hot rods, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
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by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

eye 52,212

favorite 84

comment 8

Courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introductions and entertaining guests.
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette
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by Calvin Communications
movies

eye 133,407

favorite 375

comment 45

The ultimate generic industrial film, built around every script and visual cliche.
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Topics: Motion pictures: Production, Motion pictures: Sponsored, Humor
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by Techfilm Studio, Moscow
movies

eye 694,647

favorite 633

comment 83

This disturbing film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. Director: D.I. Yashin. Camera: E.V. Kashina. Narrator: Professor Walter B. Cannon. Introduced by Professor J.B.S. Haldane.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 83 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Medicine: Veterinary: Experiments, Life extension
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eye 98,584

favorite 528

comment 9

Uses vignettes, animation and comments by girls and boys to explore the medical facts and some personal feelings about menstruation.
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Topic: need keyword
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by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

eye 68,269

favorite 60

comment 3

Travelogues set landscapes in motion, and Freedom Highway exploits the roadside panorama as an excuse to celebrate American mythologies. Hanging in the sky as if they were ghosts, patriots, warriors and the myths they exemplify -- the frontier, national independence and manifest destiny -- come to life at key points along the transcontinental route. Although Americans are widely considered to be a practical, well-grounded people with their eyes on the future, Freedom Highway shows a nation in...
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by Affiliated Film Producers
movies

eye 83,053

favorite 236

comment 14

Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages more sustainable in the face of postwar dislocation. An unusually literate, neo-realist film produced by a talented group of documentarians. A series of films based on the textbook "Marriage for Moderns," by Henry A. Bowman. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Writer: H. Partnow (pseudonym for blacklisted screenwriter Millard Lampell)....
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Topics: Marriage, Social guidance, Gender roles
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies

eye 37,353

favorite 45

comment 2

favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc..
movies

eye 34,082

favorite 18

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Many people, like Mr. Finchley, the hero of this film, may have wondered how to go about owning a share of American business, or about the new "pay-as-you-go" Monthly Investment Plan. Or, perhaps they'd just like to know more about how the stock market works -- about market opportunities and risks, stocks, bonds and dividends. If so, they will find the adventures of Fred Finchley as one of the best ways to find out what goes on at the Stock Exchange. Mr. Finchley is a likeable,...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

eye 39,125

favorite 23

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Film opens with montage of scenes of student protest. Credits occur over this sequence. Loosely structured as a narrative in which John Smith (a college student) is visited by his great great great (etc.) grandfather John Smith (from 1776), this film works to educate a young audience on the "breakdown of moral, religious, and ethical principles" in the US. With the help of a history professor, John Smith (1776) explains how he gave his life to build the USA and nowadays a "bunch...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
movies

eye 40,244

favorite 28

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In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Social issues: 1960s, Civil rights, San Francisco: Political activity
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by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies

eye 171,247

favorite 17

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Presents "King Joe" as the average American working man who, by virtue of his high wages and short hours, is king of the world's workers.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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by U.S. War Department
movies

eye 350,851

favorite 531

comment 27

Admonishes Americans that they will lose their country if they let fanaticism and hatred turn them into "suckers." "Let's forget about 'we' and 'they' -- let's think about us!" In the context of the emerging Cold War, this film appears paradoxical.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 27 reviews )
Topics: Prejudice, Cold War, Racism
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by Unknown
movies

eye 46,888

favorite 59

comment 3

Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Meat: Production, Transportation: Railroad, Agriculture: Food industry
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by Unknown
movies

eye 44,479

favorite 48

comment 9

Republican party campaign film on behalf of Wendell Willkie for U.S. president in the 1940 elections.
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Topics: Political campaigns and elections, Economics, Willkie, Wendell A.
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by Centron Corporation
movies

eye 50,450

favorite 76

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Pioneering film that encourages youth to look into themselves for the causes of prejudice.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Racism, Prejudice, Schools
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by U.S. Department of the Interior
movies

eye 71,153

favorite 31

comment 3

Government-sponsored film about the building of the Boulder dam.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Motion pictures: Sponsored, Motion pictures: Government, Infrastructure: Dams, Infrastructure:...
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by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies

eye 206,399

favorite 140

comment 4

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Cold War, Animation: Advertising
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies

eye 33,449

favorite 39

comment 1

Presents in lay terms what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peace-time uses of atomic energy and the by-products of nuclear fission. From The Field Guide to Sponsored Films: RESOURCES: “Atom Educational Film Made Available by GE,” Wash Post, Aug. 9, 1953, R11; “A Challenge to Free Enterprise,” Bus Scrn15, no. 5 (1954): 33; advertisement, Bus Scrn18, no. 7 (1957): 5. Science film positioning atomic energy as both a peaceful and a warlike force....
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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by Bosse (Karl Kurt)
movies

eye 109,079

favorite 1,241

comment 4

Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Perception: Vision, Animation
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movies

eye 228,665

favorite 283

comment 7

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
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movies

eye 42,458

favorite 184

comment 6

To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

eye 31,861

favorite 26

comment 4

This is a recent discovery -- a 16mm print of a rare Jam Handy silent film. It's a bit title-heavy, but interesting to compare to later Handy productions.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: electricity energy horsepower
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by Unknown
movies

eye 59,995

favorite 116

comment 5

How radio brings news and information to Americans. With footage of many news events covered by radio and images everyday life in the late 1950s. Explains how radio serves in the Cold War and during natural disasters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Media: Radio, Communication: Radio, Journalism
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by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
movies

eye 34,497

favorite 23

comment 2

In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Social issues: 1960s, Civil rights, San Francisco: Political activity
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by Warner Pathé News
movies

eye 33,776

favorite 18

comment 1

Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use. Includes: United Nations Condemns Russia; Carrier Landings by Mirror; Arctic Ice Cap Adventure; Hummingbird Sanctuary; Low-Level Crop Dusters; Centuries of Telling Time; Old and New in Guided Missiles, showing a jet engine exploding when metal is dropped into it; and New York State's Erie Canal.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Newsreels
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by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies

eye 88,098

favorite 119

comment 7

Writing, editing and mass production of books.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: Communication: Books
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by Hammid (Alexander) and Deren (Maya)
movies

eye 500,377

favorite 552

comment 38

Alexander Hammid's intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 38 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Cats, Animals: Behavior, Psychology
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by Sutherland (John) Productions in Association With Film Counselors, Inc.
movies

eye 38,555

favorite 220

comment 1

This animated cartoon follows the adventures of "Colonel Cosmic," a Martian, as he learns that Oil and Competition are the two things that make America great. It is a sci-fi-influenced economic tract on the strengths of Earth-style free enterprise economics, compared to a stagnating Mars under the fist of a certain Mr. Ogg, who centrally controls the Martian economy. In the film, a Martian undercover agent flies from Mars to Earth to learn about the oil industry, and finds that the...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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movies

eye 246,105

favorite 201

comment 9

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
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movies

eye 26,494

favorite 356

comment 4

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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by Sid Davis
movies

eye 385,114

favorite 51

comment 125

Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 125 reviews )
Topics: Homosexualities, Crime and criminals (Molestation), Los Angeles
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movies

eye 35,379

favorite 473

comment 4

0739 PA9033 Time Pulls the Trigger
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
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by Crawley Films
movies

eye 130,445

favorite 267

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Animated explanation of primary and secondary sex characteristics in adolescent boys and girls.
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Topics: Sex education, Medicine: Endocrinology, Animation
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by Archer Productions, Inc.
movies

eye 41,738

favorite 107

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This film, a combination of animated cartoon and live action, shows young children what to do in case of an atomic attack. The film opens with "Bert the Turtle" wobbling down the street and singing a song, "Duck and Cover." When there is a bright flash, Bert immediately ducks into his shell covering. The narrator explains that when there is a bright flash -- brighter than the sun -- children should follow Bert's example. The film shifts to a classroom of first or second...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
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movies

eye 67,611

favorite 537

comment 9

Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
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by American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T)
movies

eye 153,372

favorite 221

comment 9

Training film for users of the new dial telephones.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Ergonomics
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by Medical Arts Productions
movies

eye 386,334

favorite 271

comment 23

Sex education film aimed at teenage boys, with the coach as authority figure and teacher.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Children, Gender roles
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movies

eye 560,274

favorite 337

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Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
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by Various
movies

eye 242,976

favorite 522

comment 34

Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 34 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism
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movies

eye 109,597

favorite 166

comment 4

favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
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movies

eye 153,766

favorite 302

comment 11

Mild stag film starring Adele Doleman
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies

eye 237,598

favorite 685

comment 26

Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
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movies

eye 73,526

favorite 457

comment 27

0696 PA8508 Out of This World
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

eye 132,640

favorite 366

comment 14

Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
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movies

eye 42,939

favorite 133

comment 4

This early nudie-film, showing two naked women lolling around a rocky landscape, is more quaint than erotic. It's not clear what the original purpose was - it appears to be an excerpt from a longer film, and the peculiar title, in combination with the occasional mild nuzzling of the protagonists, suggests some kind of cautionary film about lesbianism. For our purposes, these gentle images of two naked women (one thin, and the other, well, Rubenesque), crossing a meadow picking flowers, climbing...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
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by Tullio Pellegrini
movies

eye 626,870

favorite 214

comment 12

Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1
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by De Vry School Films, Inc.
movies

eye 39,398

favorite 333

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Possibly some shots to be logged. Boy turning around with ball in hand, shot both in and out of his POV. How a boy can make a refractive telescope. Reflecting telescope. Make-believe trip to the Moon by airplane The planets
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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movies

eye 75,980

favorite 298

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Promotional film for Westinghouse refrigerator line featuring a system of sticker-like decorations enabling purchasers to style their appliances as they choose. Vague hippie-type flower-power graphics; scenes of mod-dressed middle-class conventional people
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 18 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

eye 66,326

favorite 556

comment 5

PA-2177 ìWonderful Worldî 08:01:14:28 - 08:45:06:23 Color Sound 1959 "Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures, lifestyles, emphasizing common human activities, sponsored by Coca-Cola. Narrator: Ken Nordine. Parallels in European, American, Asian, South American, Caribbean lifestyles, leisure, hospitality, (racial stereotypes in narration.) Landmarks, history, sports, architecture, travel. Amazingly, everyone drinks Coke - globalism, multinationalism. 08:01:14:28...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
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by On Film, Inc.
movies

eye 95,091

favorite 282

comment 12

Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting "Atarax," a tranquilizer, and asserting how "ataraxic medicines" can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we long for. Created by Coni Johnston, Mel London, Joseph Cole, Bert Spielvogel, Tracy Ward (a pseudonym for Virginia Bell) and by Rune Hagman, Delores Phox, Jeanne Sharp, Dick Brophy, M. Opelle, Herb Hagens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: Psychology, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine: Psychiatry
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by Centron Productions
movies

eye 126,974

favorite 152

comment 23

Safety film about dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation, showing many great simulated accidents on construction sites. CONTENT ADVISORY: May be frightening and surprising to some viewers, and contains great country-style song by a Johnny Cash-soundalike.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Safety: Occupational, Music: Country and Western, Motion pictures: Stunts
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by Crawley Films, Ltd.
movies

eye 167,932

favorite 212

comment 9

Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Social guidance, Gender roles
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by Castle Films
movies

eye 117,103

favorite 63

comment 4

Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York pier.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Pearl Harbor, Transportation: Water, Newsreels
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by Various
movies

eye 285,192

favorite 457

comment 12

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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by U.S. Office of Civil Defense
movies

eye 155,042

favorite 417

comment 16

"Explains" the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and how to protect oneself if caught in the open or in the home.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 16 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War
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movies

eye 177,655

favorite 186

comment 8

favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, Amateur Film
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by Photo & Sound Productions for Medical Arts Productions
movies

eye 145,304

favorite 224

comment 19

Menstruation education film for young teenage girls, redolent with dated detail.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 19 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Gender roles, Children